There are 6 ways to get from Athens to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ATH - SJO
20h 19m$562–863Fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ATH - LIO
20h 57m$393–1,426Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane ATH - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
32h 16m$1,185–2,990Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane ATH - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Alajuela
33h 36m$667–1,691Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ATH - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
21h 52m$571–1,771Fly to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cobano (ACO)plane ATH - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
24h 55m$418–1,576
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $550 - $900 and takes 20h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 20h 19m and costs $550 - $900.
The distance between Athens and Costa Rica is 10908 km.
It takes approximately 20h 19m to get from Athens to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 9h behind Athens. It is currently 7:14 PM in Athens and 10:14 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 758+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Costa Rica?
Air Canada and Air Transat fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,700
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 44m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 44m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,500
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Alajuela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $258
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–25
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $2
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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